Jackson man pardoned by Barbour won't get Hinds jail repair job

7:20 AM,
Nov. 20, 2012

Written by

Ruth Ingram
| ringram@clarionledger.com

A Jackson man without a state contractor's license won't get to do about $100,000 in repairs to the roof of the Hinds County Jail after all.

Supervisors earlier this month voted 3-2 to give a contract to Robert Earl Henderson, owner of RH Home Improvement and Construction. He was one of two bidders seeking to complete repairs to the roof of the Hinds County Detention Center in Raymond.

Henderson in late 2011 was one of nearly 200 people convicted of felonies granted pardons or early release by then-Gov. Haley Barbour. Henderson's record was wiped clean of felony convictions, including two for ...